Disable Google Analytics in iOS simulator

Question

Google Analytics is running in the iOS simulator.

This causes pollution in the console log which I can be looking for useful debugging information. Also, the data sent to Google is not indicative of an actual user using our app.

How can I disable the Google Analytics reporting just while running the app in iOS simulator?

score 15 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 26 '14 at 04:18

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Simple, this is taken straight from the Google Analytics webpage :

[[GAI sharedInstance] setDryRun:YES];

Dry Run :
The SDK provides a dryRun flag that when set, prevents any data from being sent to Google Analytics. The dryRun flag should be set whenever you are testing or debugging an implementation and do not want test data to appear in your Google Analytics reports.

Hope this helps

answered Feb 26 '14 at 04:18

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Need to wrap this in: #if TARGET_IPHONE_SIMULATOR #endif – William Entriken Mar 06 '14 at 17:03
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Is there a way to also not have Google Analytics pollute my console logs? – William Entriken Aug 24 '14 at 16:16
You could just go to the NSLogs in the source and comment it out.... not to sure if there is another way – Andy Aug 24 '14 at 17:15

score 11 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 28 '15 at 08:47

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Yes, Setting DryRun to YES will fix this issue.

@Full Decent - Is there a way to also not have Google Analytics pollute my console logs?

We can disable Google Analytics logging in Xcode console using the below method.

[[[GAI sharedInstance] logger] setLogLevel:kGAILogLevelNone];

Or in Swift:

GAI.sharedInstance().logger.logLevel = GAILogLevel.None

edited Aug 28 '15 at 08:47

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answered May 08 '15 at 07:16

user2613441

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Added the answer in Swift as well – Bart van Kuik Aug 28 '15 at 08:21
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Unfortunately its not working for me and GAI still spamming me with all kind of log messages :-( GoogleAnalytics v3.14.0, GoogleUtilities v1.1.0 – fir Apr 01 '16 at 11:11

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 17 '18 at 12:32

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Wrapping it in #if TARGET_IPHONE_SIMULATOR #endif will not work in swift, as that flag is for objective-c only. What you could do is follow this guide

Detect if app is being built for device or simulator in Swift

answered Jan 17 '18 at 12:32

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Disable Google Analytics in iOS simulator

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